AbstractThe historical approach of agriculture as a system can introduce some difficulties. It can artificially create a discontinuity between two agrarian systems, in a system involving regular transformation of production means. But sometimes we must use a systemic approach as if using a video-camera to film a sequence. How can we report contemporary agricultural history without a reference point at a micro-regional and national scale and without a caracterisation of agrarian transformation and of agrarian systems ? The goal of this research does not stop at gaining local understanding of agriculture transformations. It is very important to have a series of comparative studies which use comparable investigation methodologies ... |